Bio of Leroy W. ADAMS (b.1870), Wabasha Co., MN

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Leroy W. Adams, who has been established for a number of years as a 
general farmer and stock raiser in Zumbro Township, was born in this 
township, September 2, 1870, son of Eugene and Victoria (Hammons) Adams. 
The father was a native of the state of Maine, who came to Wabasha County 
with his parents, Robert L. and Mary Adams, at an early day, and who was 
married to Victoria Hammons in 1869. Her parents were pioneer settlers 
here also, and it was in honor of Mr. Hammons that the village of Hammond 
was named, with a change in the final letter of the name. The parents of 
the subject of this sketch are now living retired in Zumbro Township 
after a prosperous career in agriculture. Leroy W. Adams acquired his 
education in the district school and gained a knowledge of agriculture 
on his parent's farm, continuing as his father's assistant until 1891. 
He then began an independent career, buying a farm of 80 acres in section 
14, Zumbro Township, which farm, however, he sold in 1893. Later he bought 
his present farm of 120 acres, of which 80 lie in section 13 and 40 in 
section 14. He has improved the place by the erection of buildings and 
fences, and is carrying on general farming and stock raising with good 
success. Mr. Adams has been twice married: first on May 11, 1891, to 
Leslie Anderson, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Welcome Anderson. She died April
5, 1892.

Note: This biography was take from the book "History of Wabasha County" 
copyrighted in 1920.